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There's so much to do at Nickelodeon Suites Resort, you'll never have to leave. But if you feel like venturing out for cheap family fun, there are many options surrounding our resort. Before you go, check hours of operation and miles to and from the Nick Hotel.
Free things to do
- Disney's Boardwalk features free, live street entertainment in the evenings, including comedians, jazz ensembles and fire shows.
- LEGO Imagination Center at downtown Disney Marketplace is 4,400-square feet of fun. Guarded by friendly dinosaurs and a huge sea serpent made of LEGO bricks, this play area lets kids explore their creativity by building with colorful bricks, and it's all free.
- Black Hammock Adventures on Lake Jessup offers free live alligator and bird exhibits. At the Lazy Gator Bar, guests can join the deck party every Friday and Saturday night and listen to free, live music.
- Harry P. Leu Gardens offers free admission from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on the first Monday of every month.
- The Winter Park Farmer's Market is held from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. every Saturday. Local vendors and farmers sell their homemade and homegrown specialties, including fruits, vegetables, organic produce, baked goods and more.
- Lake Eola Park is a 43-acre recreational area in the heart of downtown Orlando. Visitors can picnic along the shore, enjoy one of the many free concerts at the ampitheater, feed the resident swans or stop by the farmer's market on Sundays.
- Lakeridge Winery & Vineyards, which sits on 80 breathtaking acres just north of Orlando, offers free tours, tastings and many free festivals and events.
- Celebration, the picture-perfect town created by Disney, is the ideal place for a stroll through the streets. Visitors can admire the mixture of historic-themed architecture and modern technology or let little ones play in the interactive fountain.
- Old Town in Kissimmee features 75 unique specialty shops, eight restaurants, 21 thrilling amusement rides and a sky coaster.
$5 or less per person
- Blue Spring State Park is a popular winter home and important refuge for the West Indian manatee. Here, these gentle creatures can be viewed in their natural surroundings from December through February. The 7,000 acres of wild scenery is perfect for hiking, picnicking, canoeing, kayaking and boating.
- Kelly Park, located in Apopka, features Rock Springs, which bubbles up and runs into a crystal clear free-flowing natural spring. For just $1, visitors can spend the day drifting along the mile-long stream in a tube or snorkeling. For more information, call (407) 889-4179.
- Wekiwa Springs State Park features naturally refreshing springs. Canoeing is especially enjoyable at this park, with so many lakes and streams to paddle down. The park offers boating, fishing and swimming.
$10 or less per person
- The Orange County Regional History Center offers a wide variety of creative exhibits and programs designed for children, including art stations and free family guides for exploring the museum.
- Hawaiian Rumble Adventure Golf features two challenging Hawaiian-themed courses, ranging from beginner to advanced that take players through a variety of scenery. The venue also features a waterfall, volcano and musical fountain.
- Pirate's Cove Adventure Golf offers two challenging 18-hole courses where visitors can test their putting skills in a fun-filled setting of natural wonders, lavish landscaping and delightful pirate themes that offer swashbuckling fun for the whole family.
$15 or less per person
- Dinosaur World, located in Plant City, has more than 150 life-size dinosaurs located on its grounds. Visitors can examine fossils and learn why dinosaur remains are not found in Florida or shop for hard-to-find dinosaur toys and educational materials in the gift shop.
- ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex offers spectators the chance to enjoy a number of annual sporting events like Atlanta Braves Spring Training, regular season Major League Baseball games, PGA Tournaments, college basketball tournaments and Tampa Bay Buccaneers training camp.
- Van's Skatepark is Orlando's premier skateboard park with varied riding areas and obstacles designed for beginner to advanced skaters. The park includes multiple ramps, bowls, street courses and an arcade.
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Each Residence Hall has room or floor options that fit diverse student lifestyles. All room options are limited in number and waiting lists are maintained for options that may not be immediately available.
Double Room
For two students to share one standard size room. We encourage all students to start off in a double room. Double rooms are located in Birch, Oak, Pine, and Tamarack.
Single Room without a Bath
For a single student in a smaller room (approximately one-half the size of a double room). This is a good choice for those who desire a little more privacy and love those cozy spaces. Single rooms without a bath are located in Birch and Pine.
Two and Three Person Linden Suites
For two or three students with private bedrooms and a shared bathroom. For students looking for the best of both worlds, Linden Suites is the next generation in residential living offering both privacy and the benefits of developing close bonds that only rooming together can bring. Linden Suites.
ADA Compliant Rooms
For students with disabilities, a limited number of ADA compliant rooms are located in Linden.
First Year Residential Experience is an outstanding program where freshman students live in Oak, Pine, and Tamarack on a floor with only other first year students. Participants make new friends and share similar experiences and together explore BSU and help one another make the transition to college life.
The FYRE Nursing Learning Community houses new female students interested in the BSU Nursing Program. These students share a living/learning experience designed to foster academic and social success. Caring and well-trained staff provide educational and social programming and activities designed with the needs of nursing students in mind. Faculty from the nursing program will be actively involved with these students both in and out of the classroom.
If the beauty and the opportunities of the Northwoods is what drew you to BSU, this is the floor for you!
The Emerging Leaders Community is dedicated to developing students into leaders on our campus and in the Bemidji community. This community will familiarize you with the university's values and the opportunities for leadership across campus. You will explore your leadership potential, build your confidence, and develop skills to live a life of leadership. Here, learn what kind of a leader you are and how to put your leadership skills into practice in your everyday life. Live with students also interested in leadership and get a jump start on your involvement at BSU!
Students residing in the Living Green learning community at Bemidji State University exemplify a more sustainable campus. They raise awareness about environmental issues, pilot new sustainability projects, and are educated on best practices to live green. Activities would include practicing everything from energy efficiency to producing less waste, as well as advocating for social justice and supporting the local economy. The Living Green learning community would promote the use of bikes instead of cars not only for the economic and environmental benefit, but for the physical and psychological benefit of the individual. Let's practice living green for ourselves, our campus, and our community!
The Open Borders Learning Community comprises approximately 46 students who live on the same floor with students from around the world. OBLC residents stay in double rooms and are matched with a roommate from a different culture (most often American students paired with international students). OBLC is located in Tamarack. Freshmen living on the OBLC floor must participate in FYRE activities and must register for a FYRE section of the FYE course.
The Honors Program and Residential Life are partners in the Honors Scholar's residence on Tamarack 11th and 12th floor. This living options is available to approximately 40 residents that are enrolled or interested in the Honors Program. For more information, contact the Honors Program at 218-755-3984 or firstname.lastname@example.com. Freshmen living on the Honors Residenital Experience floors will be invited to participate in FYRE activities and must register for an Honors section of an FYE course.
Single Gender Floors:
Coed Floors:
All Freshmen Floors:
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Myself, I've always preferred having a roommate. It's a great way to really get into the swing of college life and make close friends. In fact, I roomed with a kid in Oak for a while, until I chewed off the closet pole. Some people are so picky.

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Director, Women's Mood & Hormone Clinic
Lynne and Marc Benioff Endowed Chair in Psychiatry
Clinical Professor, Department of Psychiatry
UCSF Women's Mood and Hormone Clinic
Clinic appointments, call: 415-476-7500
Louann Brizendine, M.D. graduated from UC, Berkeley in Neurobiology, Yale University in Medicine and Harvard Medical School in Psychiatry. She served on the faculty at Harvard Medical School before joining the faculty at the University of California, San Francisco. At UCSF, Dr. Brizendine pursues active clinical, teaching, writing and research activities. She holds the Lynne and Marc Beniofff Endowed Chair in Psychiatry.
In 1994, Dr. Brizendine founded the UCSF Women's Mood and Hormone Clinic and continues to serve as its' director. The Women's Mood and Hormone Clinic is a unique psychiatric clinic designed to assess and treat women of all ages experiencing disruption of mood, energy, anxiety, sexual function and well-being due to hormonal influences on the brain. In addition, Dr. Brizendine instructs and supervises residents, fellows and medical students in this Clinic throughout the year, helping young doctors learn more about this important area in women's mental, sexual and physical health. She annually teaches courses to medical students and residents throughout the country addressing the topics of the brain effects of hormones, mood disorders, anxiety problems and sexual interest changes due to hormones. She is an expert on the effects of testosterone on sex drive in both premenopausal and postmenopausal women. Dr. Brizendine sees men, women and teen girls in the WMH clinic.
Dr. Brizendine has taken her interest in hormonal and health issues for girls and women into the public forum by lecturing, writing and consulting on the topics of development of the female brain, the teen girl brain, hormones, mood, memory and sexual function. Her first book, THE FEMALE BRAIN, was published in 2006. She is now working on THE MALE BRAIN, due out in 2009.
Dr. Brizendine has expanded the clinic to include teen girls with mood, anxiety and depression related to hormones of the menstrual cycle.
How the changes in hormone levels effect the brain - and in particular - how hormones influence mood, irritability, anxiety, depresion, self-esteem, thinking, sleep, memory, sexual function and energy, are Dr. Brizendine's main research interests.
1972-76 University of California, Berkeley: B.A., Neurobiology
1976-81 Yale School of Medicine: M.D.
1982-85 Harvard Medical School:Residency in Psychiatry
Faculty Appointments
1985-88 Faculty, Harvard University
1988-- -- Faculty, University of California, San Francisco
The Female Brain, 2006
forthcoming, The Male Brain, 2009
Media Contact
UCSF breaking news media requests call 415-476-2557 for 24 hour news service
ALL OTHER MEDIA REQUESTS--should be directed to: Rachel Rokicki 212-782-8455
Information, questions and contacts: WWW.LOUANNBRIZENDINE.COM


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The debt ceiling is as much a war over words as it is numbers.
Amid an increasingly acrimonious debate over the debt ceiling, it appears that how each party even explains the way the government spends money depends on what party they belong to and whether that party holds the White House or Congress. (Read More: Why Debt Ceiling Is Far Scarier Than Fiscal Cliff)
In 1993, two researchers at the University of Missouri fingered the importance of party when it came to the issue of debt:
"Party control of Congress and the presidency…is the crucial variable in explaining voting alignments on debt legislation," Linda Kowalcky and Lance LeLoup of the University of Missouri, St. Louis, wrote in a 1993 article.
It is also appears to be the crucial variable in how they define critical financial terms and statutes.
Take the simple issue of default. Republicans contend that only the act of not paying interest on government debt constitutes an act of default. Not paying government vendors or employees, they suggest, is simply a delay, which many companies do.
The GOP takes this stance to preserve the option that the US could in fact not raise the debt ceiling and that the consequences will not be severe. This increases its bargaining power over spending cuts with the White House.
Democrats and the White House take the opposite position. They say it would constitute default for the government not to make any payment. (Read More: Obama: Raise the Debt Ceiling or Else)
Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner argued during the 2011 debt ceiling showdown that bond markets would treat a failure for the government to make good on any payment as equivalent to default on debt. (The ratings agency Fitch argued that such a failure would place the US on a negative outlook, but not result in an automatic downgrade.)
The Congressional Research Service notes in a recent report that "no general statutory definition of the term 'default' exists."
But CRS goes on to quote Black's Law Dictionary defining "default" as "the failure to make a payment when due" and concludes that Black's doesn't make any distinction between types of government debt on the issue of default.
Closely related to the debate over default is the issue of prioritization. Republicans contend that—again, to preserve the option of not raising the debt ceiling—the Treasury can prioritize the use of incoming cash to make interest, Social Security and defense payments.
Treasury contends Congress has provided no authority to prioritize. Treasury is right about that. However, supporters of prioritization say Congress has also not prohibited Treasury from doing it. They are right about that, too. (Read more: Did Obama Just Take Default Off the Table?)
To clear up the confusion, Republican Sen. Pat Toomey plans to introduce legislation giving Treasury the authority to prioritize and make interest, Social Security and defense payments with incoming cash.
What's unclear is whether Treasury payment systems even have the ability to prioritize bills. An administration official says right now, they are designed in a way to pay the bills that come in first. Adding to the concern is that the Pentagon has its own payment system, separate from the Treasury's. They are apparently not coordinated.
There is even controversy over what should be the simplest issue: what is government spending.
The president has asserted that essentially the money has already been spent. That's an attempt to point out the apparent hypocrisy of Congress not allowing the Treasury to issue debt to pay for spending decisions Congress has already made.
Republicans counter—and they are correct—that the president is wrong.The money has not been spent, it has been "appropriated." Appropriation is authority to spend, but not actual spending.
Congress, for example, appropriates money to the Pentagon to buy a tank. But that is not the same as spending the money.That act takes place when the Pentagon engages in an outlay: ordering the tank.
That stance, however, ignores other important legal realities: the executive is generally required to spend money appropriated by Congress. Otherwise, the executive would gather for itself the power of the purse.
The administration does have a limited amount of time (more or less 45 days) to defer or rescind appropriations. But Congress eventually has to approve the executive decision or the administration has to spend the money.
Further complicating the matter (as if It wasn't complex enough already): some argue that it would be illegal for a government agency to engage in spending that would cause the debt ceiling to be breached. If so, government outlays would be limited to the level of cash on hand at the Treasury, subject to day-by-day decisions by the administration.
There could be no clearer sign of the politics of government finance than looking at what happened during the Bush administration.
A senator from Illinois, Barack Obama, declined in 2006 to raise the debt ceiling saying, saying he would not be party to "Washington… shifting the burden of our bad choices today onto the backs of our children and grandchildren."
As president, he has railed against the potential failure of Congress to hike the ceiling.
At the same time, the debt ceiling was raised seven times in the Bush administration, with Republicans controlling the House for six of eight years.
During that time, the debt ceiling was hiked from $5.9 trillion to $11.3 trillion, a 91% increase. Under President Obama, the ceiling has been hiked to $16.4 trillion (and counting) for a 45%—or $5.1 trillion—increase in about half the time under President Bush.
Deep inside its report, the CRS offers what may be the best way to think about the arcana of the US government fiscal process.
The CRS suggests that, ultimately, what matters is what the markets think.
After all, what's at stake is the ability of the US government to finance its debt. So when it comes to the issue of what really constitutes a default, for example, what matters is how it affects the government's ability to finance itself and at what price.
The CRS said in its report: "Aside from technical definitions, financial markets' perceptions of what constitutes a default, or a real threat of default, may be more relevant when assessing the potential impacts of not raising the debt limit."
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Blue Man Group is a multi-sensory experience that fuses innovative theatrical spectacle and powerful original music with hilarious comedy to create a performance experience unlike any other. One of the world's most popular theatrical productions, today's Blue Man Group is a blend of signature material that has been in the show since the opening, as well as newer passages that examine the influence of technology on today's world with a funny and perceptive look at contemporary communication vehicles.When: Performance dates and times vary. A full schedule can be found at: www.blueman.com/chicago/buy-tickets


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AudaExplore's flagship estimating software has been optimized for use with Windows 8 tablet computers, allowing appraisers and collision repair shop personnel to easily create accurate repair estimates from anywhere.
Features available on Windows 8 tablets include color-coded parts and substrate materials; AudaVIN™ vehicle identification technology; integrated access to AudaExplore's vehicle-specific, option-driven database; as well as a wide range time-saving workflows.
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messages of solidarity
Jul 02, 2009
The alternative g8 summit
Ahead of next week's G8 summit in Naples, Italy, members of civil society movements are gathering in Sardinia for an alternative G8 summit.
For a large part of the official G8 summit world leaders will be discussing climate change. Whereas they will be talking about market based solutions and the World Bank's role in bringing about a low carbon economy the alternative summit will be discussing how this transition must be managed in a way that does not harm the poor by limiting energy access or the right to develop, and adds to the empowerment of local communities to make decisions about local resources.
Jun 30, 2009
Email your nearest Honduran embassy
Write to your nearest Honduran embassy and demand that the Honduran Armed Forces immediately re-instate the ousted President Zelaya and re-establish respect for all elected authorities.
Here is some text you can use or sample for your email or letter.
Subject: Reinstate President Manuel Zelaya.
Date: xxx
To: The Embassy of Honduras in xxx
Dear Sir/Madam,
I am writing to express my deep concern about the current situation in the republic of Honduras and my unreserved condemnation of the illegal detention and expulsion of the constitutional President of Honduras, Manuel Zelaya.
I join with the international community in demanding that the Honduran Armed Forces immediately re-instate Mr Zelaya and re-establish respect for all elected authorities. We condemn any persecution or repression of activists in grassroots movements and organizations by the sectors promoting the coup.
We insist that the Honduran Army respect the physical integrity of all Honduran social movements, organizations, the demonstrators who are defending the institutional order and we will be watchful for human rights abuses.
Since this illegal action this week, the news of Mr Zelaya's removal and details of the subsequent military actions have spread throughout the international community.
We want the Honduran Army to know that we are fully aware of the current stage of repression and have photographic evidence of what is happening in the streets of Honduras. The removal of President Zelaya was an illegal action and we are watching closely to ensure that social peace is restored in Honduras. We demand that the democratic process, and the will of the Honduras people, be respected.
In solidarity with the Honduran people,
Your Name Here
Jun 29, 2009
29 June 2009, FoEI Statement on Honduras
Friends of the Earth International condemns the illegal expulsion of the Honduran President and expresses its solidarity with Friends of the Earth Honduras and all the forces struggling for democracy in the country.
Friends of the Earth International is deeply worried about the current situation in the republic of Honduras and expresses its unreserved condemnation for the illegal detention and expulsion of the constitutional president of Honduras, Manuel Zelaya by the armed forces.
Friends of the Earth International demands the restoration of the Honduran president and the unconditional respect for democracy.
Friends of the Earth International expresses its solidarity with Friends of the Earth Honduras / Movimiento Madre Tierra and all the forces struggling for democracy in Honduras.
The entire international community must demand the return of the democratically elected president.
Friends of the Earth International invites citizens worldwide to protest and send letters to the embassies of Honduras worldwide, demanding the restoration of the elected Honduran president and the unconditional respect for democracy. The will of the Honduran people must be respected at all times.
More information
- Watch an interview with Dr Juan Almendares, Director of Friends of the Earth Honduras.
- Read the statement from Friends of the Earth Latin America and Caribbean
- Read the statement from Friends of the Earth Asia Pacific
take action
Please write to your nearest Honduran embassy and demand the restoration of the elected President and the unconditional respect for democracy.
Jun 16, 2009
Bonn wrap up: "Plugged in"
Delegates from 182 countries have been in Bonn discussing key negotiating texts which can serve as the basis for critical climate talks in Copenhagen this December. Sam fleet from Friends of the Earth Europe and also a member of the Young Friends of the Earth Europe movement (Young FoEE) was there.
Almost a week has passed since I returned from Bonn; the dust has settled and hopefully the majority of the FoEI delegation, like myself, have returned to a normal working schedule – although I know a few who travelled directly to the FoEE AGM in Lenzen, Germany.
The weekend provided an opportunity to process and evaluate everything that had happened in Bonn, and I remain impressed and inspired by the FoEI presence.
On returning to the office a colleague informed me that a friend who had been to the talks had asked her "how much money do Friends of the Earth have!? You were everywhere." And I agreed, although not because of money, but due to fantastic coordination, dedication and hard work from the FoEI and Young FoEE delegations.
Asad Rehman, Senior Campaigner from Friends of the Earth England Wales and Northern Ireland summed it up perfectly:
"We were plugged in at every level, from government delegations to NGO and movement groupings. It was a real example of what an inside and outside strategy can accomplish." And, the strategy looks set to develop and continue in Bangkok, Barcelona and finally Copenhagen.
The evaluation of the talks themselves: industrialised countries are still not showing leadership. The Climate Justice Network! And FoEI press conference can be watched here:
In short, US, Japan and the EU put forward inadequate reductions targets, continued to push offsetting, and ignored historical responsibility and calls to pay back their 'climate debt' – to compensate for the damage that pollution from excessive greenhouse gas pollution over the past 200 years has and will cause in developing countries.
The Alliance of Small Island States called on developed countries to commit to higher greenhouse gas reduction targets, Bolivia demanded repayment of the developed world's climate debt and El Salvador and Paraguay stood strong to
protect Indigenous Peoples rights.
For a more detailed overview go to:
Thanks for following, and thanks to all those who were in Bonn, look forward to seeing you all in Copenhagen at the latest.
Jun 15, 2009
The Climate Olympics
At the recent climate talks in Bonn there seemed to be a competition between certain countries as to who could commit to the lowest cuts in carbon emissions. This cartoon illustrates the sad turn in events.
Japan's Friend of the Fossils
Friends of the Earth Japan have dubbed their Prime Minister 'Friend of the Fossils' for his woefully low targets for cuts in carbon emissions.
At the Bonn climate talks Japan announced their incredibly low target of a 15% reduction in carbon emission from 2005 levels, equivalent to 8% reductions from 1990 levels.
Reacting to the targets, Yvo de Boer - Executive Secretary of the climate talks - comment that "for the first time in two and a half years in this job I just don't know what to say."
Left: Prime Minister Taro Aso stands aside models of large carbon emitters such as air travel and heavy industry.
Below: Shirobe the polar bear lets the Prime Minister know, in no uncertain terms, he's not a happy bear.
Jun 11, 2009
Japan – 8 percent???
Delegates from 182 countries are in Bonn discussing key negotiating texts which can serve as the basis for critical climate talks in Copenhagen this December. Sam fleet from Friends of the Earth Europe and also a member of the Young Friends of the Earth Europe movement (Young FoEE) is there.
Wednesday was a manic rush to get the action materials ready for Young FoEE's action on Thursday, before I had to leave Bonn at 2pm. I had worked late into the night to prepare the templates for the school reports, and now had to fill it with content. I arrived at the FoEI meeting with draft action materials in hand in preparation.
The biggest news of the day seemed to be that Japan was set to announce their incredibly low targets to the Japanese press at 11am – a 15% reduction from 2005 levels, equivalent to 8% reductions from 1990 levels. Reacting to the targets, Yvo de Boer - Executive Secretary of the climate talks - would later comment that "for the first time in two and a half years in this job I just don't know what to say."
Rumours had been circulating around the Maritim, with plans discussed the previous night in the Youth camp, that the Japanese delegation would be boo-ed upon announcing the targets in the plenary session. Whether the Japanese delegation heard these rumours or not the 11am announcement never happened, and the Japanese delegation chose instead a closed session with the press later in the day.
Outside of Bonn, the results of the meeting in Luxembourg of the Economic and Financial Affairs Council, Ecofin, were brought to the table at the FoEI meeting – the opinion seemed to be that it was disastrous. Offsetting was included in financial contributions to developing countries, and the EU again failed to show leadership, potentially influencing the talks in Bonn.
Straight after the meeting I continued with the action materials. The idea to give a school report to delegates with a simple pass or fail mark awarded to each country. This would coincide with a banner outside and the area where the Flood banner was previously suspended to be converted into a blackboard, again with the results. With a much reduced Young FoEE team, from 35 to five, preparations began and text for the materials began to come in.
I had to leave before everything was finished and took the work with me, with the intention of working on the train. I sat down, booted my computer and promptly fell asleep, to wake in Brussels three hours later. I returned to the office and with the action team on the end of the phone, finished the materials, returning home finally at 10pm, but considering myself lucky: I knew the action team would be working hard long into the night, and would be up at the break of dawn.
Inside the Maritim bubble
Delegates from 182 countries are in Bonn discussing key negotiating texts which can serve as the basis for critical climate talks in Copenhagen this December. Sam fleet from Friends of the Earth Europe and also a member of the Young Friends of the Earth Europe movement (Young FoEE) is there.
The first signs of exhaustion set in on Tuesday morning: I jumped on the bus, which I maintain left from the same bus stop, with the same number, at the same time, and failed to notice for several stops that I was going in completely the wrong direction.
Needless to say I was late for the 8am FoEI meeting. I arrived half way through the updates from the previous day. We discussed collecting all the blogs from various FoEI members during the two weeks in Bonn.
Here are a couple of links to those that I have not previously mentioned:
Video blogs from Friends of the Earth US:
Linda's blog, Friends of the Earth Netherlands:
I popped outside to photograph the Anti-nuclear action, protesting against the possible inclusion of nuclear activities under the clean development mechanisms, before joining the remaining Young FoEE in discussion over a further action – an end of week school report, and continuation of the previous detention action's theme.
The evening was spent at the Secretariat's reception, where after again being fooled by public transport we found ourselves 30 minutes late. We missed the speeches, but thankfully not the free dinner and wine, of which I suspect the majority of the punctual attendees were deeply jealous.
I spent some time doing my best to mingle, but too tired to speak decided instead to stand and observe lobbying in its informal setting. I was slightly disgruntled that after 20 minutes nobody tried to lobby me, but figured my green t-shirt with a bicycle logo betrayed my NGO status.
It also struck me that I recognised the majority of people, and that we had all been sharing such a small space for what felt like weeks: the Maritim bubble (the conference venue). I realised that the talks offered a really fantastic opportunity for NGOs to influence the direction that countries would take to tackle climate change in the future, and ultimately a fantastic opportunity to influence the future full-stop – through lobbying and action.
I mentally congratulated the FoEI and Young FoEE team for their dedicated work over the last days. Ready for bed, I accompanied a genuinely lost and confused member of the Secretariat to the train station. At one point during the walk she remarked "oh, what is this lovely place?" to which I responded, "Bonn".
Jun 10, 2009
Silence, sincerity and snacking
After the first week of actions and media work, and with the majority of Young FoEE either leaving or already gone, my main Young FoEE responsibilities ended and I was thrown abruptly into the world of policy. The day began with the FoEI meeting, where the policy experts discussed the daily agenda and brought updates from the previous day to the table.
Outside the conference venue - the Maritim Hotel - a collection of organisations, three trees and a number of dancers where protesting against deforestation, with a minute's silence held for the Peruvians who lost their lives in the protests against free trade agreements and encroachment of industry on land in the Amazon.
This was mirrored by a minute of silence in the plenary halls for the Belarusian delegate, who, on Saturday afternoon, had collapsed and died on the very sofas in the Maritim foyer that would be filled with revellers the same night.
I spent the day trying to catch up on everything that had been happening behind the doors of the Maritim halls, harassing as many colleagues as possible. The general feeling was still one of frustration; the talks do not appear to be going well. Rich industrialised countries are still failing to put forward sufficient emissions reduction targets, with Japan failing to put forward any at all, and offsetting and other false solutions still feature prominently. But, there are glimmers of hope, with progress in REDD, and Bolivia, Paraguay and El Salvador pushing on FoEI's behalf; using the FoEI language.
There was an interesting development in the Kyoto Protocol Working Group: the Micronesian delegate called for 45% emissions reductions by 2020, which would mean keeping carbon dioxide below 350 ppm (parts per million), keeping global temperature increase below 1.5 degrees, but in essence ensuring survival for many of the islands in this area of the South Pacific.
She compared the EU's target of 30% reductions to the equivalent of playing Russian roulette with their lives. It struck me as profound that with so many climate change sceptics out there, here inside the walls of a rather modern, shiny but bland hotel next to a motorway in Bonn, an entire subregion of Oceania was battling to keep their tropical islands above water.
Further policy discussions with colleagues continued in the Maritim restaurant, where we were forced to eat expensive salads due to the lack of options. It was either an intentional decision by the UNFCCC to only provide expensive food within the Maritim so as to starve out NGO workers, or it was subtle ploy to make sure everyone went to side events – where food was provided.
Needless to say we fell for it, and found ourselves at the Copenhagen Climate Treaty side event, where the NGO community were putting forward their proposal for a Copenhagen agreement. I found myself struggling to keep up with the figures, and was relieved at the comic interlude when the speakers introduced a new acronym, LCAP (Low Carbon Action Plan), bringing the total in the document to 82. In general it seemed a decent proposal, but more discussion and analysis is needed to find where it coincides and clashes with FoEI policy.
More comments to come. With the Q&A over, we left our seats, and dived into the snacks...
Jun 09, 2009
Home: A film by Yann Arthus-Bertrand
French photographer Yann Arthus-Bertrand has recently released a film on the environment called 'Home', available on YouTube for free until June 14.
The hour and a half long movie details the current state of the earth and the environmental challenges we face as a consumerist society.
Amidst breathtaking images, Yann explains that although our civilization has to change the way we live and save our planet.
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Jun 08, 2009
Inspired, tired and on my way home
Delegates from 182 countries are in Bonn discussing key negotiating texts which can serve as the basis for critical climate talks in Copenhagen this December. Sam fleet from Friends of the Earth Europe and also a member of the Young Friends of the Earth Europe movement (Young FoEE) is there.
With most nursing either sore heads or sore backs, depending on where they had spent either their time awake or asleep respectively, the final evaluation session rounded off the week of very intense work from the Young FoEE delegation.
We had collectively achieved a huge amount in a very short space of time: two actions, two teaser actions, meetings with delegates, regional planning sessions, blogs, films, participation in further actions, policy meetings, press work, a march... I could go on.
Everyone was exhausted, but, I think it's fair to say, inspired. I was definitely inspired. This was my first experience with Young FoEE, and I am left with nothing but respect for a force of very dedicated, intelligent and motivated people. I have no doubt that they have the capability to play an important role in the negotiations in Copenhagen, from inside and out, and have no doubt that each and every one of the participants will return to their countries and inspire more to join.
The trainers themselves did a fantastic job coordinating and developing the participants and deserve huge respect for the work that they have done and will continue to do. In five days we had gained ourselves a reputation both inside and outside the walls of the Maritim hotel, even challenging the UNFCCC action policy, and it was all thanks to the energy and dynamism of the Young FoEE team.
I personally spent Sunday in a form of stupor trying to remember why at 4 am the previous night we had thought it would be a good idea to check out the nightlife of Bonn, and also question how we had achieved so much. It was my first opportunity to really sit and assess.
Here is a short list of sites where you can see for yourself the movies, images and blog posts from the week:
A few of the Young FoEE-ers will continue the good work through the week, but the majority leave today, to meet again in Sholta, Croatia for the summer training camp. Then, if everything goes to plan, the Young FoEE force meet again in Barcelona: so watch out!
Young FoEE and 350.org spell it out
Young FoEE and 350.org pose for an aerial photo in Bonn where climate talks are being held spelling out their demands for a just deal in Copenhagen this December.
Video: Have you done your homework?
Delegates from 182 countries are in Bonn discussing key negotiating texts which can serve as the basis for critical climate talks in Copenhagen this December. Young Friends of the Earth Europe (Young FoEE) are there asking world leaders if they're going to cut their emissions by 40% by 2020.
The flood came!
Delegates from 182 countries are in Bonn discussing key negotiating texts which can serve as the basis for critical climate talks in Copenhagen this December. Sam fleet from Friends of the Earth Europe and also a member of the Young Friends of the Earth Europe movement (Young FoEE) is there.
After shaking off the excess water, and with the rain still falling, Young FoEE grouped to brief for the march towards the Maritim Hotel. The idea was to form a blue block using blue bin bags to cover our clothes, and to display the numerous banners that had been created during the week. We wanted to take the message to delegates that the Flood really is coming, and pride of place was given to the Flood banner, that would eventually be hoisted up outside the Maritim during the speeches.
The Young FoEE block, with the addition of BUND Jugend, the German arm of Young Friends of the Earth Europe, numbered over 50 people in total, and with the calls for "Climate Justice Now!" appeared to be the most dominant force in the march. Organised charges by David Heller, Communications Officer for The Big Ask Campaign, where the Flood would squat and count down from 10, and then charge, banners flying, were an injection of energy, and dispelled all worries of cold and soggy feet.
The route weaved through the park towards the "Halls of Power", as the choreographer had described them, and after dancing behind the samba band we charged the last portion of road up to the roadblock outside the Maritim.
We diverted towards the Tck Tck Tck stage, where speakers delivered motivating stories and chants on the theme of climate justice. With experimental chants that attempted to find rhymes with "climate justice", we raised our voices with the hope that we would make so much noise that not only the delegates inside would hear us, but that their superiors would hear us at the end of every phone line.
Finally, Jasmine and Bjorn, two members of the Young FoEE delegation took to the stage and gave speeches, in English and German respectively, to the soaked but upbeat crowd. I made a dash inside to get the pictures online as quickly as possible, before joining the evaluation meeting.
The rain continued to fall all evening, and when we returned to the hostel late at night, after the rather raucous NGO party held in the Piano Bar at the Maritim, many campers found themselves on the receiving end of the very message they'd been carrying all day: the flood literally came, and 27 people, with tents drenched inside and out took shelter in the meeting room for the night.
The clock is tck tck ticking
Delegates from 182 countries are in Bonn discussing key negotiating texts which can serve as the basis for critical climate talks in Copenhagen this December. Sam fleet from Friends of the Earth Europe and also a member of the Young Friends of the Earth Europe movement (Young FoEE) is there.
With regional meetings all morning, I took the opportunity to catch up on work - monitoring the media. With no luck on the international front I resorted to rather basic monitoring methods in the local newsagent, scanning every German paper in sight. The paper that had promised to cover the event seemed to feature exclusively scantily clad women and I secretly hoped that we'd been left out.
The Young FoEE delegation left the hostel around 11am to head towards the park near the Maritim hotel, where 350.org were organising a huge aerial picture, followed by a march to the doors of the Maritim where speakers, including two members of the Young FoEE policy action group, would talk about climate justice. It promised to be an exciting day spent outside along with hundreds of fellow activists and campaigners. The only downside – it was pouring with rain.
We arrived at the site for the aerial picture and were kitted out with Green hard hats (symbolising the potential for greening the economy) and white jumpsuits that were thankfully waterproof, as it became clear on arrival that we would be spending at least 45 minutes laying in the rain. The atmosphere was nevertheless one of excitement, this time like a festival with the fun.
The exact number required to pull off the human banner turned up, 450 people would form a giant exclamation mark, with the words "Yes you can" and "tck tck tck". German camera crews arrived, and numerous other press, and the choreographer began preparing the human banner on the ground.
After 45 minutes laying on the wet grass in the rain, thoroughly soaked, we finally got the shot that was needed, which would be spread across the web and inside the conference in the eco – the NGO newsletter.
An inspiring and motivating message to the participants in Bonn that the clock is tck tck tck-ing, and that we only have 6 months left to deliver a strong and just climate deal in Copenhagen.
Jun 06, 2009
UN Secretariat 1 – Greenpeace 0
Delegates from 182 countries are in Bonn discussing key negotiating texts which can serve as the basis for critical climate talks in Copenhagen this December. Sam fleet from Friends of the Earth Europe and also a member of the Young Friends of the Earth Europe movement (Young FoEE) is there.
The hour had finally arrived for the UNFCCC football match. I still maintained that it was some sort of elaborate prank, but considered that the worst case would be an opportunity for some informal lobbying. However, I could not have been more wrong. I arrived at the meeting point and was greeted by a selection of delegates and NGO workers all kitted out in shorts and running shoes, a box of beer and a rather shiny trophy. Game on.
We shuttled down to the UNFCCC Headquarters to meet the UN Secretariat team, who had been warming up for the last half hour. Spirits were high in the NGO camp; a chance to release any pent up frustration from the talks. There was little time for tactical discussions or stretching, although this was what we all needed after a week of inactivity and sleep deprivation. We split into two teams, roughly NGO and delegates, and I found myself on the 'Greenpeace Team' alongside five Greenpeace delegates, including, with everyone whispering in excitement, "one from Brazil". I campaigned to have us renamed the 'NGO Team', but majority ruled in the team of nine.
A very messy game
With raw herring from lunch still brewing in my stomach I took to the field. The game kicked off before we'd even nominated a keeper and 20 minutes of schoolyard football commenced. The Lesotho delegate in goal let a soft shot slip through his hands and roll across the line within five minutes, and the Brazilian tripped on the ball and twisted his ankle within seven. I had two breaks on goal and the only shot on target but failed to equalise, and after a heavy 50-50 challenge in the second half one of the Secretariat team members told me, in very un-diplomatic terms, that he'd "mess me up". The game remained in deadlock until the end. The disgruntled Greenpeace team 'borrowed' the trophy and declared moral victory.
The next team took to the field, including Kuni Shimada, from the Japanese Ministry of Environment and the game quickly descended into chaos. Shimada left the field after one minute over confusion about untied shoelaces, the keeper took a goal kick from his hands, and the Secretariat scored a lot of goals.
The final match between the NGOs and delegates was a humourous affair, with further confusion for Shimada, who unsure whether to take a corner or a throw appeared to do something akin to both at the same time. A controversial penalty decision saw the Greenpeace delegates up in arms over the injustice, followed by bickering over the position of the penalty spot, until it was decided the player who would take the penalty "was a girl", with the ref moving the spot closer. She smashed it into the top left corner.
They think it's all over…
Further confusion broke out later when someone mistook "first substitution" for "perverse regulations" and the game finally ended in victory for Greenpeace with smiles all around. The trophy was returned to the rightful owners (UN Secretariat), and a surprisingly sincere speech about something about climate change followed. Then we all drank beer…
Jun 05, 2009
Bingo and beach parties in Bonn
Delegates from 182 countries are in Bonn discussing key negotiating texts which can serve as the basis for critical climate talks in Copenhagen this December. Sam fleet from Friends of the Earth Europe and also a member of the Young Friends of the Earth Europe movement (Young FoEE) is there.
I took a second to reassess the situation after the detention action, and was shocked to find that it was only 10:30am. Some rushed discussions about further press work interrupted my sleepy ponderings, and then I had to dash to meet the policy group, who were badgering me to photograph their meeting with the German delegation, which I was more than happy to do.
The debate seemed lively, although I must admit I had no idea what they were talking about. I was unsure whether I found it inspiring or troubling that so many of the participants, who were clearly much younger than myself, seemed so knowledgeable about policy, and knew so many acronyms: I was still mulling over the sign outside the Maritim Hotel which appeared to point to BINGO.
After lunch and a swift media group meeting, it was time to join BUND Jugend, the German Young FoEE group, preparing a beach party outside the Maritim, with cut-out cartoons of Merkel and climate refugees. Having been refused permission to present either the cut-out figures or the accompanying film inside the Maritim, they used portable laptops to show passers-by the clip, and collected signed postcards.
Discussions with Yvo de Boer, Executive Secretary of the UNFCCC, followed concerning the vague action policy surrounding the event, resulting in permission for the entry of Merkel and company into the Maritim.
I finally found time to collect my thoughts, and it was still only 4 pm...
Have you done your homework?
Delegates from 182 countries are in Bonn discussing key negotiating texts which can serve as the basis for critical climate talks in Copenhagen this December. Sam fleet from Friends of the Earth Europe and also a member of the Young Friends of the Earth Europe movement (Young FoEE) is there.
The alarm seemed to be ringing before I'd even set it. The night had ended around 1am, and the plan was to have the action set up at 8am, leaving the hostel at exactly 7:22, after packing everything up and moving bags and all, along with our tents, in preparation for the night's camping. This would be followed by another teaser around 11am, a meeting with the German delegation, a further action at 1pm, talks, talks and more talks, and the small matter of a football match. I began to question whether I could somehow disguise my youth status and sneak a couple extra hours of sleep, but to no avail. I was bundled out of bed at 6:30am sharp.
By the time I emerged from the building, the action group were already packing the van, with desks, chalk, cut-out cartoons, banners, benches and bodies. Bags were hurled into a spare room and somehow the majority of us made it for the bus with a minute to spare.
On arrival, the police had changed the venue of the action at the last minute, but it suited us: with a clear view of the Maritim Hotel the action team began to set up. First came the tables and benches, then the blackboard, then the banners. I dashed inside to hand out the last press releases to the media and returned to find a fully-fledged classroom, complete with noisy and unruly students, dominating the route towards the Maritim. The idea behind the action: it's the end of the first week of the UNFCCC climate conference, and the leaders of industrialised nations have failed to do their homework on climate change.
I will not invest in cole
The action team were kitted out in masks depicting Merkel, Sarkozy, Obama, Aso, Van Rompuy, Brown, Reinfeldt, Rudd and Berlusconi and all dressed in uniform. The teacher, armed with a megaphone, ordered the mob to write lines on the blackboard as punishment for failing to do their homework: "I will not invest in cole, nuklear and offsetting [sic]" wrote Sarkozy, and "I must reduce my carbon emmisions [sic] by 40% by 2020" wrote Merkel. Despite the best efforts of the leaders to lay blame on their dogs or fellow classmates, and several ambitious attempts to deny any knowledge of the words "historical" or "responsibility" they ended the class with a unified chant: "Climate Justice Now! Climate Justice Now!". Watch out for the Young FoEE video of the event, coming soon.
Sadly the event received less media attention than I'd hoped, despite the media team's best efforts, although a Japanese journalist took great interest, and a local Bonn paper promised to run the story. But, importantly the delegates loved it. The event was met with unanimous positivity. Colleagues in the media team interviewed many, asking if they too had done their homework.
The action was undeniably a huge success; the only hiccup the lack of media attention – I asked myself if I too had failed to do my homework!
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The flood is coming...
Delegates from 182 countries are in Bonn discussing key negotiating texts which can serve as the basis for critical climate talks in Copenhagen this December. Sam fleet from Friends of the Earth Europe and also a member of the Young Friends of the Earth Europe movement (Young FoEE) is there.
After leaving the press invitation in the capable hands of the media group, I was dragged out of the Maritim Hotel to document the first teaser action. Six Young FoEE-ers, armed with chalk and stickers were determined to take the message of climate justice to the citizens of Bonn.
After energetically peppering every lampost and sign in sight they decided they should probably stick to the original plan and save some resources for the centre, and we all jumped on the tram and set our sights on central Bonn.
The same enthusiasm was released upon the streets, literally, with the small team covering the central pedestrian areas with the slogans "The Flood is coming" and "Demand Climate Justice". The reaction was mixed. Positive interest and excitement from the younger generation, and grumbles, mumbles, shuffles and general despair from the much elder. But then it is Young FoEE.
I returned to the Maritim early to finish the press release for Friday's action and to make sure we had spokespeople for the day, and made time to sign myself up for the UNFCCC football championships. Could this be a prank? Would they really unleash a team of NGO workers onto a football field with national delegates? We'll find out.
Young FoEE were treated to an introduction to Climate Justice Now!, with stirring talks from affected people in the Global South, and everyone took a well deserved beer after almost 12 hours non-stop activity. Thoroughly exhausted I returned to the Young FoEE camp where meetings continued long into the night, with final preparations and last minute arrangements for tomorrow.
Fingers crossed…


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The day I woke up with nappy hair, my husband punched me in the face, jumped out of our second story bedroom window and immediately started fucking the white woman next door. I would not have known what happened but for the swinging blinds beating against the windowpane and his warm imprint lingering in my bed. I stopped for a moment to feel sorrowful, the breeze from our open window forming goosebumps on my skin, but then realized I was probably a lesbian so it was all good.
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I left for work late because I forgot to pay attention to the time and on the way out, I asked the garbage man to watch my kids and to give me five dollars for the bus ride there. Mistaking me for the raccoon that had been terrorizing our neighborhood, he pulled out a stick and hit me over the head. By the time I came to, he had already fled, leaving the garbage piled up in our front yard. Enjoying the smell, I sat amongst the garbage for a moment licking my ash and thinking about how much I loved salt and welfare. During my walk to work, I felt itchy and angry. I battled with deciding whether to steal something or protest. I decided instead to dance, scratch, and yell incoherent things to the people walking in and out of the local Starbucks. A police officer tried to arrest me. Despite my waning intellect, my superior athletic skills proved no match as I outran him through the streets of my town.
Remembering I had to go to work, I stopped off at McDonalds to dance and scratch with the patrons outside the store. Loving it, I enjoyed a super-sized value meal and took a nap on top of the ball pit under the slide in the children's play area. The manager woke me up to join me in a short dance and scratch but then asked me to leave because I was distracting his employees. When I finally got to work, I had trouble getting in. Although the door was unlocked, I felt more comfortable sneaking in a window and I had trouble finding a window that I could break, instead of just opening. When I finally made it in, feeling hungry, sneaky and violent, I snuck into the break room and stole everyone's food and drink. I wrote menacing notes in place of the food in breath fog and spilled flavored drink all over the floor without cleaning up. I took another nap before heading to my office. I dreamt about drug crimes, Hip Hop videos and yelling the word, "Bitch."
When I finally found my way to office, my boss was waiting and fired me instantly. Among other things, he declared that my hair made me blacker and accused me of lying on my application about my Native American lineage. On the way out, none of my co-workers made eye contact. One, a cross-dressing black man named, Tyler Martin, did a short dance and scratch in solidarity, which, despite my unemployment, made me laugh all the way down the elevator and out of the building. I loved to laugh. When I exited, the police officer I thought I had outrun was waiting for me with handcuffs. I was indicted, convicted of Being Nappy and sentenced to life wandering the continent of Africa. The Judge offered to suspend my sentence if I agreed to serve three hours in a local beauty salon and be treated with Affirm Hair Relaxer and two packs of Indian Remy 1B hair. I chose the latter.
I'd like to thank Wendy Williams for her thoughtful commentary on Viola Davis's choice to go natural for the Oscars for inspiring me to turn my life around. I would also like to thank hair relaxer, the people of India and celebrity hairstylist, André Walker.
Note: This post was fiction and meant to be satirical. Any feelings that were hurt in the drafting of the post were purely accidental. The author of this post is a mother of two who recently decided to go natural. Surprisingly, her husband has not left her, she kept her job, she continues to fight the urge to scratch and dance and she has not entered a life of crime. In fact, she thinks she looks kind of cute.


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Located on the quieter end of International Drive, Sheraton Vistana Villages is within four miles of SeaWorld Orlando, the convention center, and Downtown Disney® area. Complimentary scheduled shuttles are available to all Walt Disney World® Theme Parks; scheduled shuttles (surcharge) are also available to SeaWorld and Universal.
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Complimentary wireless Internet access is available throughout the hotel, and a business center provides three computers with high-speed Internet access, printing, faxing, and copying (surcharges). Parking is free.
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Flagler Station Bar & Grill - Menu includes signature burgers, sandwiches, wraps, and salads along with desserts like cookies and ice cream novelties. Open for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
Mallory Square Market - Offers Starbucks coffee, breads, and pastries. The market is also stocked with travel necessities.
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The resort's expansive water complex includes a children's pool, and spa tub. A quarter-acre, grotto-style zero-entry lagoon pool has a two-story waterfall and children's interactive water area. An additional splash pool, children's pool, and spa tub are also on site. Two fitness centers have stationary bikes, treadmills, strength-training equipment, saunas, and steam rooms; tanning is available (surcharge). Other recreation options include a jogging path, two tennis courts, sand volleyball courts, a basketball court, and a video arcade (surcharge). Sports equipment is available for rental.
Seven miles away, Falcon's Fire Golf Club has an 18-hole, par 72 course designed by Rees Jones.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or near the hotel; fees may apply.
- Golf - miniature nearby
- Motor boating nearby
- Boat launch nearby
- Golfing nearby
- Fishing nearby
- Golf - driving range nearby
- Personal motorized watercraft on site
- Water skiing nearby
- Helicopter/airplane tours nearby
- Skydiving nearby
- Aerobics on site
- Basketball on site
- Playground on site
- Running track/path on site
- Swimming on site
- Table tennis on site
- Tennis on site
- Volleyball on site
- Ecotours nearby
- Bungee jumping nearby
- Bowling alley nearby
- Golf lessons available nearby
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To make requests for specific accessibility needs, complete the "Special or Accessibility Requests" section of "Trip Preferences" when you book your hotel.
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- In-room accessibility
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Check-in time starts at 4 PM
Minimum check-in age is 21
- Check-out
Check-out time is 10 AM
- Payment types
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Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on hotel policy.
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
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The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.
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Children 17 years old and younger stay free when occupying the parent or guardian's room, using existing bedding.
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